Past Events

Join us at the first twilight in our 2021 series.

30 years on, Royal Commissioner and Senator, Patrick Dodson will discuss the underlying systemic social, cultural and legal issues that led to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Aboriginal women are the fastest growing prison population. Join us live via webinar for an in-depth discussion dissecting the drivers and responses to this growth in incarceration of Aboriginal women. 

Explore the social context of family violence and develop skills to identify and respond to family violence in the court or tribunal room.

Join Acting State Coroner Caitlin English in conversation with two prominent Australian authors, Dr Clare Wright and Tyson Yunkaporta, at our end of year Law and Literature event.

Offering an opportunity to further develop a culturally appropriate framework, this twilight will focus on strategies to promote the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People appearing before our courts.

How to write like a judicial officer - and a story teller. Our judgment writing program assists judicial officers to become more efficient and effective in judgment writing.

Led by a cross-jurisdictional steering committee, this full-day practical skills-based program focuses on lived experience, verbal and non-verbal techniques for engaging with diverse litigants and the limits of procedural fairness.

Co-facilitated by the Hon. Murray Kellam AO QC and leading ethicist Dr Attracta Lagan, this workshop focuses on personal and organisational integrity and applied ethics.

This twilight will provide judicial officers with an insight into Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.